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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Irish Sun.com http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/baf10b3527f6df38/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:46 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:46 -0500 30 The European Union is set to achieve its self-imposed target of deriving at least 20 per cent of its energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020, the bloc's executive said Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/611047/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/611047/cs/1/ Pakistani terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a dangerous group having global agenda, an anti-terrorism official of the European Union has said. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/610989/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:17 -0500 IANS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/610989/cs/1/ A Russian company has gone to Argentina to increase its supply of caviar. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/610735/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:37:48 -0500 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/610735/cs/1/ The Abu Dhabi and Dubai exchanges finished higher again yesterday, ending a week in which investor confidence seemed to improve markedly.The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) General Index climbed almost 4... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034016/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:37:43 -0500 The National http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034016/ Profits from Croke Park after interest and depreciation, but before distributions, were totalled at €21.5m for 2009, a 6.8% jump from the previous year. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034014/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:33:23 -0500 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034014/ British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034015/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:17:23 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034015/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai shares rose to the highest in almost two months on speculation Dubai World, the state-owned holding company in talks to renegotiate $26 billion of debt, may announce bett... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034009/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:04 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034009/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Etihad Airways, the state carrier of Abu Dhabi, is in talks about delaying receipt of Airbus SAS A380 superjumbos while bringing other deliveries forward as it seeks to post a ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034010/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:04 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034010/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Manchester United fans calling themselves the Red Knights hired Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest brokerage, to advise them on a possible purchase of the English socc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034011/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:03 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034011/ “We can’t continue with this expansive monetary policy over the full forecast horizon,” he said in an interview with Swiss broadcaster SF1 today. “Still, at the moment there is... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034012/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:01 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034012/ Real Madrid´s goalkeeper Iker Casillas, seen here addressing a press conference in Madrid, apologised Thursday for his side´s elimination from the Champions League at the last-16 stage for the sixth... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034013/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:46:34 -0500 soccerway http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034013/ despite a campaign by Yorkshire food producers, an EU official said Thursday. Citing a 18th century recipe, the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber says the wheat-flour, milk and egg dish ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034008/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:30:55 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33034008/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose against the euro on Thursday after seeing a smaller-than-expected U.S. trade deficit, with trading volatile as investors first drove up the euro on increased risk ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031081/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:27:43 -0500 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031081/ BRUSSELS (AFP) – European officials on Thursday defended planned new EU legislation regulating high-end financial services from "protectionist" charges, amid anger from US Treasury ch... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031083/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:19:53 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031083/ economic data and company reports. The benchmark index fell 0.41 percent to 5,617.26 points. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) was the most traded stock, seeing 172 million units change hands, followed... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031084/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:19:50 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031084/ A lesser Dubai: That's the first impression a visitor gets touring downtown Doha, the capital of the Gulf emirate of Qatar. Dubai (population 1.4 million) has its famous ultramodern skyline and man-ma... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031076/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:23 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031076/ If you want to learn how to dig yourself out of a deep hole, watch Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. The 57-year-old socialist is urgently seeking some kind of financial backstop from other Euro... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031077/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:22 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031077/ - Among English soccer teams, Manchester United is in a class by itself. The Red Devils, as fans around the world call them, have been England's top club 16 times since World War II, with 11 English P... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031079/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:20 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031079/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Lagardere SCA, the publisher of Elle magazine and the “Twilight” series of vampire-themed novels, fell the most in a year after reporting 2009 profit that missed an... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031080/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:19 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031080/ By Tricia Wright LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index closed 0.4 percent lower on Thursday, pressured by miners and banks after data revived concerns about monetary tightening in Chi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031082/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:53:04 -0500 London South East http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33031082/ Cineworld today said growing momentum behind 3D movies would help it ride out "challenging" conditions in 2010 as the group posted record results. The UK's second biggest cinema chain was helped by t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33027707/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:10:01 -0500 Independant http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33027707/ LONDON (Reuters) - The euro steadied against the dollar and yen in quiet trade on Thursday, recovering from earlier falls after strong Chinese data fueled expectations of possible further monetary tig... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33027705/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:03:57 -0500 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33027705/ out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone. About 50 black-hooded youths hurled sticks and pieces of marble broken from the steps of the Bank of Greece at police, who responded with several rounds ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33027706/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:55:43 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33027706/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG plans a second consecutive record year for deliveries and BMW, helped by the new 5-Series sedan, aims for an increase in sales as China, Brazil and the U.S. prope... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33027703/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:15 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33027703/ Hyderabad, March 11 : Fuelled by their global ambitions, several Indian companies from an array of sectors are seeking to get listed on the London Stock Exchange to reap benefits from the liquidity an... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024605/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:30:01 -0500 New Kerala http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024605/ (RTTNews) - Eurozone economic recovery is on track, although it is likely to remain uneven, the European Central Bank said in its latest monthly bulletin. The ECB Governing Council expects the euro ar... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024607/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:40 -0500 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024607/ Financial markets are gripped by the role derivatives have played in Greece's debt crisis, but Italy also has a derivatives time bomb, and hundreds of cities are in the 24 billion euro blast zone. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024606/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:13 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024606/ A leading German think-tank says it expects the country's economy - Europe's biggest - to contract in the first quarter because of an unusually harsh winter. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024516/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:15:28 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024516/ , but should respect Europe's right to decide its own legislation, a top EU finance official said Thursday. Amadeu Altafaj Tardio, a spokesman for http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024609/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:09:58 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024609/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Swiss central bank reiterated its readiness to counter “excessive” gains in the franc and left the benchmark interest rate near zero as policy makers try to nur... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024603/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:05:25 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024603/ IATA cut its loss estimate from $5.6 billion following a “much stronger recovery in demand” at the end of 2009 that continued into the first months of this year, the Geneva, Switzerland-ba... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024604/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:05:24 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024604/ Motherwell manager Craig Brown will not contemplate securing a Europa League place until Well have clinched a top six place in Scotland's top flight.Uefa has confirmed the club finishing fifth will ea... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024602/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:05:04 -0500 BBC Sport http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33024602/ Herve Falciani, a former HSBC computer specialist, has admitted stealing client data from the bank which he passed to French tax authorities. HSBC said in December an ex-employee had stolen data from ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022286/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:26:37 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022286/ FTSE 100 index dipped 0.18 percent to 5,630.65 points in early trade. BP shares dropped 0.32 percent to 622.92 pence after the group announced a major deal that will give the energy giant its first... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022288/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:19:31 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022288/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc’s 12,000 flight attendants moved closer to a strike after talks with Europe’s third-largest airline over pay cuts broke down. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022284/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:15:45 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022284/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the largest manufacturer of luxury cars, reported a smaller-than- expected decline in full-year profit and maintained its dividend to signal a reco... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022285/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:15:45 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022285/ By David Brett LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Britain's leading share index fell 0.4 percent by midday on Thursday as heavy falls in miners, weighed by fears of monetary tightening in China, outpaced ga... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022287/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:54:49 -0500 London South East http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33022287/ The euro and dollar fell against the yen in Asia Thursday as China's stronger-than-expected price data stoked concerns about more monetary tightening in that country, prompting investors to dump the t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020138/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:56:15 -0500 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020138/ Airlines are recovering strongly from the crisis, as passengers, freight and pricing power return, the airline industry association IATA said on Thursday, halving its forecast for a 2010 loss. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020082/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:55:59 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020082/ , said it earned euro330 million in net income in 2008. Revenue last year was down nearly 5 percent to euro51 billion from euro53 billion in 2008. The automaker, based in Munich, also builds motorcyc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020139/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:49:14 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020139/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the world’s largest manufacturer of luxury cars, reported a full- year profit that beat analysts’ estimates and announced a bigger-than... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020133/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:45:30 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020133/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe’s second-biggest airline, forecast operating profit will rise this year as the company reduces spending and travel increases. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020035/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:45:29 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020035/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG reported full-year net income of 210 million euros, a drop from 330 million euros in 2008. The 2009 net income result beat an analyst estimate of 16... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020135/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:45:29 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020135/ Banking group Investec is to join the FTSE 100 following the latest reshuffle of the UK stock market indexes.Investec will replace Resolution - the company which bought insurance company Friends Provi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020061/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:44:43 -0500 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020061/ LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British shares were a touch weaker on Thursday, with miners under pressure and shares of medical device maker Smith & Nephew trading with losses. Smith & Nephew http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020136/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:38:26 -0500 Market Watch http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33020136/ Greek public and private sector workers went on strike on Thursday, grounding flights, shutting schools and halting public transport in the second nationwide walkout in a fortnight in protest against ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018131/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:27:12 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018131/   ] will buy the rights for 10 offshore exploration blocks in Brazil and a portfolio of rights in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and in the Caspian Sea. said it is also selling, for $500 million, a 50 per... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018132/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:27:09 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018132/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Fiat SpA, the Italian carmaker that helped Chrysler Group LLC emerge from bankruptcy, may wait to turn around the U.S. business before deciding on a share sale or spinoff for i... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018130/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:16:44 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018130/ By David Brett LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Britain's leading share index shed 0.3 percent early on Thursday as commodities and financials Editing by Hans Peterssaw recent gains clipped after data rek... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018133/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:56:43 -0500 London South East http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018133/ South Korea’s central bank on Thursday held interest rates steady at a record low of 2 per cent for the 13th consecutive month, citing uncertainties caused by http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018128/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:45:10 -0500 Financial Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33018128/ Madrid - Real Madrid can hardly wait for Sunday to come. That's when the world's most expensive team will have the chance to wash away the taste of their latest European failure - away to lowly Vallad... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015797/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:04:04 -0500 Earth Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015797/ Dozens of firefighters were tackling a fire at a building in London's financial district housing a restaurant and offices, British media reported Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015801/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:59:59 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015801/ BERLIN, March 11 (Reuters) - There is no broad credit crunch in Germany but banks should provide more credit, German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said on Thursday. Bruederle told ZDF televisio... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015802/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:59:57 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015802/ LONDON (Reuters) - London-based oil major BP <BP.L> has agreed to buy Brazilian, Azeri and Gulf of Mexico assets from Devon Energy <DVN.N> for $7 billion, as the U.S. producer refocuses on... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015803/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:59:55 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015803/ By Marc Jones FRANKFURT, March 10 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank does not dismiss the idea of a new European financial support fund in principle but needs to look at the proposal in more dep... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015804/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:59:53 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015804/ BRUSSELS, March 11 (Reuters) - Belgian seed company Devgen predicted 35-40 percent revenue growth for 2010, boosted by favourable weather conditions and after 2009 revenues almost doubled thanks to ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015806/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:59:47 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015806/ Greece has faced a new wave of labor discontent since the Socialist government's harsh new austerity plan was introduced last week in an effort to trim its ballooning deficit and shore up the support ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015807/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:52:54 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015807/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks declined from a seven-week high, led by basic-resource producers as growing Chinese inflation increased speculation the government will pare back stimulus measu... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015693/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:49:09 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015693/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- French companies shrank their work forces by less than economists forecast in the fourth quarter in a bid to cut costs after the worst recession since World War II. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015799/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:49:07 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33015799/ By Miho Nakauchi TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- The euro and dollar fell against the yen in Asia Thursday as China's stronger-than-expected price data stoked concerns about more monetary tightening in that co... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013761/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:36:48 -0500 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013761/ Angry public and private sector unions are expected to bring Greece to a standstill on Thursday in a second nationwide strike in as many weeks against tough government austerity plans. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013760/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:36:27 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013760/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Swiss central bank may leave its benchmark interest rate near zero today to bolster a recovery from the worst recession in more than three decades. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013710/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:26:02 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013710/ By Ban Wei BERLIN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The idea of setting up a European Monetary Fund (EMF) is gaining support from many politicians amid the Greek fiscal crisis, but experts have questioned the us... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013762/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:59 -0500 SINA http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013762/ The idea of setting up a European Monetary Fund (EMF) is gaining support from many politicians amid the Greek fiscal crisis, but experts have questioned the usefulness of such a fund in preventing fut... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013759/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:49 -0500 People's Daily http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33013759/ Romano Prodi said yesterday. "For Greece, the problem is completely over," Mr Prodi, who also served as Italian prime minister, said in an interview in http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33011326/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:18:15 -0500 Independant http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33011326/ Dubai World will present its first concrete proposals to local banks on Thursday on restructuring $22 billion in debt, The National newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33011291/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:11:30 -0500 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33011291/ Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Wednesday, as he paved the way for a national election by announcing the government's budget would be published in two weeks. In a pre-election swipe at the main op... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33011325/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:04:21 -0500 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33011325/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Global currency trading rose to $2.7 trillion a day between April and October, the first growth since the six months to April 2008, the Reserve Bank of Australia said, citing d... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33009035/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:33 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33009035/ What is the proposed European Monetary Fund? The idea of a European Monetary Fund was first floated to the press by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble after the Greek debt crisis. Designed to ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33006386/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:25 -0500 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33006386/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should avoid Spain’s bonds as the euro region’s highest levels of joblessness stifle the country’s ability to cut its budget deficit, according to I... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33006382/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:42 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33006382/ The U.S., the largest consumer of corals for use in decoration and jewelry, is proposing that all 31 species of red and pink coral be added to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speci... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33006383/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:41 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33006383/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Fiat SpA, the Italian carmaker that helped Chrysler Group LLC emerge from bankruptcy, may wait to turn around the U.S. business before deciding on a share sale or spinoff for i... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33002564/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:31:39 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33002564/ AIG’s $78 billion of bonds have surged to 18-month highs since Feb. 26, the last trading day before the insurer disclosed the first of the two divestitures, according to Bloomberg data. The New ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32999258/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:43:23 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32999258/ March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Total SA, Europe’s third-largest oil company, said Chinese natural-gas demand will grow much faster than currently projected when more supplies of the heating and power-p... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32999259/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:43:21 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32999259/ March 10 (Bloomberg) -- French and Italian industrial production jumped in January, signaling the recovery is gaining pace in the euro-area’s second and third largest economies. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32999260/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:43:20 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32999260/ March 10 (Bloomberg) -- AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and British Airways Plc offered to cede at least four takeoff and landing slots in London for flights to New York and three other U.S. citie... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32999261/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:43:18 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32999261/ I thought about all this with an O'Doul's in my hand at Rothmann's the other night (for some inexplicable reason I decided to give up drinking for Lent, painful) and thought it might be fun and worthw... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32995744/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:21:49 -0500 Forbes http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32995744/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar slipped against the euro while the yen fell on Wednesday, as risk appetite improved in general with a rise in European and U.S. stocks, boosting demand for higher-yield... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32995749/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:30 -0500 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32995749/ March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Pink Floyd and Queen, bands that have been with EMI Music for about four decades, may head for the door, according to two people familiar with their talks, as concern mounts ab... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32995743/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:05:24 -0500 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32995743/ London: Concerns over Europe's fiscal problems hit the euro and sterling Wednesday, while world stocks hovered near their recent six-week highs, though they were still up 66 per cent from a low hit on... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32995745/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:08 -0500 Gulf News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/32995745/